​You are Victor Frankenstein, and the Creature you have created has just asked you to create a companion for him. He desires to have someone to share his life with after being rejected by society. What do you do?

Refer to the arguments (quote at least one directly) that Frankenstein and the Creature offer for and against making a female companion. Once a quote has been used, it cannot be reused. Can you think of any additional reasons for or against making a female companion? Whose side do you feel more sympathy for? What do you think Frankenstein should do? Cite textual evidence to support your response. You must reference a classmate's response in your argument. Write your responses in complete sentences using academic language.

Personally, if I were Victor I would just go ahead and make him a companion. I would because not only is he lonely, but because he would leave everyone alone. I don't think it's really fair for victor to make the creature and leave him to be lonely and sad. "As soon as I was convinced that no assistance could save any parts of the habitation, I quitted the scene, and sought for refuge in the woods." Page 99

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Allison Voit

12/11/2016 12:39:32 pm

I agree with the quote Caileigh used because if the creature had a companion he would go live somewhere and leave society alone. The creature deserves to be happy and to have someone to share the same flaws with.

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Andrew McGuirt

12/10/2016 11:02:37 am

Honestly, if I was Victor Frankenstein I would just create a companion for the creature. Because no person nor creature should live a life in misery, desperation, and lonelyness. I support what Caileigh is saying 100% percent, because being lonely is just eating the creature away on the inside. "The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite:no incident occurred from which my rage and misery could not extract its food" page 100

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Dalton riddle

12/11/2016 10:12:58 am

I agree with Andrew I wouldn't want to be lonely all my life.

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Dalton riddle

12/11/2016 10:13:50 am

I agree with Andrew I wouldn't want to be lonely all my life. I would want a companion so we share the same defects.

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Tanner Lilly

12/11/2016 01:51:41 pm

I agree with Dalton and Andrew. With all of the problems someone may have(not naming any names but Dalton), they can be happier in life with a companion that shares many similar things with them.

Dalton riddle

12/11/2016 10:10:29 am

If I was Victor I would create a female companion for the creature. The longer he is lonely he gets mad and will do bad things. If Victor gives him what he wants maybe the creature won't kill anybody else. Being Lonely does eat you up inside." You must create a female for me, with whom I can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being".

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Triston Lee

12/11/2016 10:16:11 pm

He already regrets making the monster, why make a second? I think Victor, as the creator, should take care of HIS monster himself, not create a female monster. Who knows the terrible possibilities of what would happen if that came to be? Crazy monster babies taking over the world?...

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Chad "snow day" Adkerson

12/11/2016 11:14:18 pm

First off, I'd like to thank you for using my quote I had picked out since last week. However, I do agree with your quote. If Frankenstein doesn't create a female companion bad things will occur. Additionally, no one wants to be lonely.

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Allison Voit

12/11/2016 01:23:39 pm

Page 104 Chapter 16: " My companion must be of the same species, and have the same defects. This being you must create." This is stating that if the creature had a companion he would want to have someone that is exactly like him, which means in order for this to happen Victor would have to create another creature, he would just have to create a female instead of a male. I agree with the quote because even though society sees him as a horrible, ugly creature he still deserves someone for the way he is. I believe that everyone deserves someone that has things in common with their companion. If the creature had someone that could relate to him and constantly make him happy he would not act the way he does."

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Caileigh Alan

12/11/2016 05:50:40 pm

I agree with Allison's quote because the creature feels like he is too different than everyone else and he just wants someone like him to be with.

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Lauren Roberts

12/11/2016 08:46:52 pm

I agree with Allison's quote because i feel like the creature feels out of place around everyone and he just wants someone to actually like him.

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Tanner Lilly

12/11/2016 02:00:39 pm

"Inflamed by pain, I vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind." Page 101. After being frowned upon by a family, the creature decides to hate all of the humans because of how they treated him when they saw him. To have another person that shares many characteristics that you have with you, and to be able to love them could help the creature be happier in life and not hate everyone. With the creation of a companion or wife, the monster could change his whole mindset about how he thinks of and views other people and humans. I personally think that it would be a good idea to make a companion for him so that he can have someone to be there for him that would understand the things he does or says. I feel that the monster wouldn't be considered a "monster" to the people he surrounds himself with if he is happy with someone and treats others the right way.

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Mitchell Townsend

12/11/2016 08:37:02 pm

I totally agree with Tanner because if the monster had a companion he could turn his entire life and mindset around. His negative perspective could do an entire 180 degree turn.

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Tanner Lilly

12/13/2016 07:34:28 am

Thanks Mitch... Love you💜

Donovan McPherson

12/11/2016 05:24:52 pm

"Cursed, Cursed Creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did i not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed?" P. 97. The creature has lived a life that has not been kind. He has undergone scrutiny based solely on his appearance everywhere he goes. He was created and then thrown away. Is it not wrong that he should desire a companion, but as he is also saying should he have existed in the first place? If he was so irresponsible in creating the monster in the first place why should he bring about another monstrosity, as he seems to call himself. While I agree the monster with Tanner based on the fact that the monster might not be a "monster if he was raised with love and care. The fact remains that he became what he is. Do we look at the upbringings of criminals and decide that they shouldn't be punished because they were raised poorly. The past cannot be undone. Victor was certainly incorrect in creating a monster "so wantonly," but as he now exists he should be responsible for what he has done and punished for it. To give him a mate is basically to reward him for becoming the monster who killed William. While he was not born a monster and the blame falls upon Victor, he made the choices he has. His upbringing made him what he is, but it made him do things that are not acceptable by any standards. He needs to punish the monster as a murderer.

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Jambo Ruhinyura

12/11/2016 06:16:26 pm

I agree with Donovan on this, it is risky to attempt to create another artificial life form into the world seeing how the first one acted.

I agree with Donovan that the monster should not be rewarded for his poor choices. Plenty of serial killers had poor childhoods and were unloved, but you don't exactly see people tripping over eachother in a scramble to reward them and excuse their crimes on the basis of them being lonely now do you?

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Jambo Ruhinyura

12/11/2016 06:14:11 pm

If I were Victor I would no doubt create a companion for the creature. The creature has lived a very hard life in which he has been ostracized from society just because he is different. I also believe that everyone deserves a chance at love and in chapter 16 p.99 the creature said "I continued for the remainder of the day in my hovel in a state of utter and stupid despair." so it seems as if his loneliness is putting him into a state of depression which nobody deserves to go through.

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Brooklyn Walker

12/11/2016 06:40:04 pm

I agree with Allison the creature is quite lonely and to have someone with him to be with would be good for him.

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brooklyn walker

12/11/2016 06:45:02 pm

"no man chooses evil because it is evil he only mistakes it for happiness that he seeks." the creature is very unhappy with the life victor gave him he's all alone and everyone dislikes him calls him evil. but the quote shows the point he didn't choose to be seen evil and his mistakes he does shouldn't be on him. I choose this quote only because if we look at someone like the creature and assume that they are evil that is on us not the creature. I see it to be that victor should of at least done more for the creature instead of reject it.

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cody freeman

12/11/2016 10:24:54 pm

I will have to agree with Brooklyn's reasoning behind the quote that "no man chooses evil because it is evil he only mistakes it for happiness that he seeks". because that evil is seen only by others.

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Mitchell Townsend

12/11/2016 08:34:36 pm

If I where Frankenstein I would create another monster. If not the creature will always be lurking to exact its revenge on you. If Victor created another monster he would end the creatures reign of terror. In a way I feel Victor is kind of obligated to create another creature because he left his creation to fend for itself in a harsh new world. Like in the quote "I am malicious because I am miserable" on page 104 the monster says because Victor never helped him he wants revenge on humans for their cruelty. That is all victors fault.

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Alex Tobler

12/11/2016 10:42:38 pm

I agree with Mitchell! He says that the monster will leave everyone alone once he has a companion and I think that's true. The only reason the monster is causing problems now is because he can't fit in or find his place. If he had a companion they would have each other and leave the rest of society alone.

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Lauren Roberts

12/11/2016 09:06:01 pm

If I was Victor, I would make the creature a companion because I feel that the creature might leave everyone alone. I feel like he would end his reign of terror. I feel that making the creature to fend for himself like that was wrong of Victor and that he should make the creature a friend because everyone deserves someone like that. I feel that the creature is used to being hated and that is what he expects now.
"I resolved to fly far from the scene of my misfortunes: but to me, hated and despised, every country must be equally horrible." Page 99

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Allison Voit

12/11/2016 09:19:55 pm

I agree with what Lauren said because having someone there can make you change and want to do good and not bad. The creature just wants someone to love. The creature deserves to be happy too.

“... but how was I terrified, when I viewed myself in a transparent pool! At first I started back, unable to believe that it was indeed I who was reflected in the mirror; and when I became fully convinced that I was in reality the monster that I am, I was filled with the bitterest sensations of despondence and mortification. Alas! I did not yet entirely know the fatal effects of this miserable deformity.” (Page 80)
-The monster
While I have sympathy for the monster, I disagree with the more popular class opinion and am against him having a female companion made for him for a number of reasons. How sentient would the female companion be? If she is fully sentient, then who is to say she won’t be as horrified by the monster’s appearance as the monster himself? Her being horrified might be the last straw for the monster and send him into another blind rage. Another important question to ask is: will she even want to be the monster’s companion? If she is to be as sentient as the monster, then should she not have a choice in the matter? Rather than give the monster an object to play with, he should be carefully and slowly introduced to society.

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Triston Lee

12/11/2016 10:11:42 pm

I agree with Logan. I have sympathy for the monster ,but I do not think Frankenstein should make him a female companion. ( See reasons below).

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Miranda Pierce

12/11/2016 10:14:24 pm

I agree with Logan because creating a companion for the creature could backfire and create a bigger issue than there already is.

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Triston Lee

12/11/2016 10:09:14 pm

"My travels were long, and the suffering I endured intense."(pg 100) So obviously the monster is suffering and needs some help and love, but I don't think Victor should create a female companion for his monster instead I think he should be his friend. Victor created the thing so he should be responsible of taking care of it. When two people decide to have a children it is their responsibility to raise the child. (Of course there are instances where the parents cannot take care of their own children) Also Victor regrets making one monster so why would he make another?! The monster and his female monster could fall in love and make babies then there would be a whole ton of monster babies running around which does not sound good to me. Who knows what the monster and his mate would be as parents because they didn't grow up like most people. I feel sympathy for the monster because Victor created him then abandoned him which meant his monster had to try living on his own. Sure he killed some people which is not okay, but if Victor took him as a son and raised him he probably wouldn't of done what he did. To wrap it up, Victor should take in care of HIS monster not make him a female companion.

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Miranda Pierce

12/11/2016 10:10:52 pm

I don't think Victor should create a companion for the creature. I think this because on page 104 Victor says, "Shall I create another like yourself, whose joint wickedness might desolate the world?" Victor creating another creature could result in the two teaming up together and doing wrong in the world. Yes, the creature is lonely and would like to have somebody in his life, but the risk is just too big.

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Alyssa Florey

12/11/2016 10:15:35 pm

I can see and understand where you are coming from with this and it makes me think twice about if Victor should actually create another creature like the one he has already created or not.

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Alyssa Florey

12/11/2016 10:12:16 pm

"I am an unfortunate and deserted creature; I look around, and I have no relation or friend upon earth," page 95. I believe that the creature should be allowed to have a female companion created by Victor because not only would he have someone to cure his loneliness, he would also have someone who understood what he was going through not only as a creation but also as a person. What I am saying is similar to the quote that Dalton used stating how the creature wanted someone to share those sympathies with, referring to the way he was created and his deformities. However, this is just my stand point on it.

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Alex Tobler

12/11/2016 10:38:11 pm

I feel that Frankenstein should create a female companion for the creature because he is miserable and alone right now. All of society and everyone the creature has come in contact with has been scared of the creature and it only makes him feel worse about himself and his situation. On page 103, the creature says, "I am alone, and miserable; man will not associate with me" With that being said, Frankenstein would be helping himself and the creature by creating a companion.

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Cody Freeman

12/11/2016 10:44:06 pm

The quote that i choose is "If you consent, neither you nor any other human being shall ever see us again",(page.105) because the monster does not want to be alone forever. I would maybe do the same thing that the monster had done. So i have to sympathize with the monster because being alone is not an easy thing. that is why i feel bad for the monster. so not being alone can be easier and life can go on and no one else is harmed.

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Collin struss

12/11/2016 10:47:00 pm

If i were put in the position to create another creature for the one already created because it feels lonely, rejected, ridiculed, or looked down upon I would. No one or anyone of any disability deserves to feel that way or be treated that way. The creature would feel accepted, happy, and thankful. Everyone normally wants to be treated nicely and friendly and people should be treated that way no matter what. I agree with Andrew, Dalton, and Cailiegh.

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Chad "snow day" Adkerson

12/11/2016 11:05:20 pm

If I were Frankenstein I would choose to create a female companion. The creature has gone through the book with tons of hatred from other characters and hasn't been given fair chances. He states he wants a female companion and that he will leave everyone else alone when he gets the female companion. I also feel if Frankenstein doesn't decide to make a female compinion he would seek revenge because he didn't get what he wants. On page 104 the monster says, "this you alone can do; and I demand it of you as a right which you must not refuse to concede." This quote shows that if Frankenstein doesn't create a female companion the monster will seek revenge.

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Joey "Rack$" Paolucci

1/9/2017 01:21:27 pm

i agree with chad that the creature needs a female companion In the book the creature promises to run off forever if he is presented a creature. maybe viktor should have kept the female creature he made instead of destroying it, maybe this would lead to less bloodshed. on page 97 the creature says " but this luxury of sensation that could not endure" he is saddened by the fact he does not have any companion and this leads to his tantrum. .

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Taylor Sobolewski

12/11/2016 11:21:34 pm

If i were Frankenstein i would probably go ahead and make the companion. I would do this in high hopes of him fulfilling his promise that he made on page 105, "If you consent, neither you nor any other human being shall ever see us again." Being Frankenstein i would have also created somewhere for them to live out their days. A concern of mine would be if they were to get upset the creature and creature 2.0 could cause fear amoung humans. Another concern would be procreation. There is no way of knowing how that could turn out. The creature is so lonely though that i would definately be on the side that is for creating another creature for him. The creature deserves that chance. No one else wants him as shown on page 102, "Hideous monster!" The creature knows that only Frankenstein can do this for him and i think he should. Having this opinion i agree with Collin, that after he was created someone new he would feel joy and acception.

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Max carrigan

12/11/2016 11:45:29 pm

I think it would be smart to make a place for them. That goes along nicely with my idea of the creature finally settling so he won't go on any more rampages.

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Max Carrigan

12/11/2016 11:43:48 pm

If I were victor I would make the creature a partner. The creature isn't happy wherever he goes. To him, he hated and despised every country. "I resolved to fly far from the scene of my misfortunes; but to me, hated and despised, every country must be equally horrible." Page 99. If the creature had someone to love and love him, he would feel at home and not hate life. After all, his traveling is what lead to the monster finding Geniva and killing William. So if the creature could settle down, then they wouldn't have to worry about him going on his crazy rampages. I think victor should make the creature a companion.

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Brad

12/13/2016 07:54:22 am

"I am malicious because I am miserable" I feel like if the monster had a famale of the same species he wouldn't be as miserable if he had a companion